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DOWNING, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7348 |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Machine Gun Company |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brunswick Juntion Memorial Hall Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
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World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 7348, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 7348, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 26 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7348, 25th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7348 awm_unit: 25th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-26 |
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